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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE MAIN REASON PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN GAVE FOR ORDERING AN ATOMIC BOMB TO BE DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA?

A. TO SHOW THE WORLD THE HORROR OF ATOMIC BOMBS
B. TO AVOID LARGE AMERICAN CASUALITIES IN AN INVASION OF JAPAN
C. TO PERSUADE COMMUNIST CHINA THAT IT SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WAR
D. TO DEMONSTRATE TO GEMANY THAT THE UNITED STATES HAD AN ATOMIC BOMB

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It was B that is the main reason and to end the war faster
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